James Waddell was born to Archibald and Janetta (Waddell) Alexander in Louisa County, Virginia, March 13, 1804. His ancestry provided direction for who he would become. He was named for his mother’s father, James...
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Joseph D. Smith, 1828-1906
Joseph Davis was born May 30, 1828 to David and Jane (Davis) Smith at Moys, Londenderry County, Ireland. When he was nineteen years of age his parents and three siblings—William, David, and Martha—moved to America and...
George Junkin, 1790-1868
George was born November 1, 1790, to Joseph and Eleanor (Cochran) Junkin on the family farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Eleanor Junkin was surely a busy mother because her fourteen children would have required every...
Stuart Robinson, Kentucky’s Finest Preacher
Is it a scowl of anger or grimace of pain on the face of Stuart Robinson? His appearance may very well be due to pain. When he was an infant his nurse was tossing him in the air and watching him giggle until she failed...
Chap. Thomas L. Kirkpatrick, Pearl Harbor
At Pearl Harbor 84 years ago on Sunday morning December 7, 1941, Capt. Thomas L. Kirkpatrick, Presbyterian, was the first chaplain of the United States military killed in World War II. Chaplain Kirkpatrick had been...
Thomas Witherow, Presbyterian Minister in Ireland
The death in Northern Ireland of former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness in 2017 and the passing of Ian Paisley in 2014 are reminders of the troubles resulting from England’s rule of the Irish. Some in the...
